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About me

Trained in
London between 1979 and 1982 at Chelsea School of Art and Central Saint Martins, Ike went on to work with Gian Marco
Venturi in Milan, Claude Montana in Paris and Calvin Klein in New York. He
moved to San Francisco in 1995 to develop new BFA and MFA curricula at the
Academy of Art University and returned to London in 1998 as head of the now
celebrated menswear course at the Royal College of Art.

In January 2016 he
moved to Westminster University to start his own MA Menswear Course.

Teaching

A design academic with experience of
developing international fashion brands and instigating the most influential
curricula at the top universities of art and design. Ike is renowned for teaching
the most innovative and professional design thinkers including James Long,
Katie Eary, Aitor Throup, Mason Jung, Astrid Andersen, Matthew Miller, Feng
Chen Wang, and Alex Mullins and in tandem with Westminster Fashion, Liam Hodges.

Research

The MA Menswear course has a unique garment archive that will form the
basis of both practical and theoretical research with a particular emphasis on exploring the links
between ideas of masculinity, aggression, criminality,
and style.

Previous research, for which he has been awarded
three fellowships, include four written projects that explore perceptions of student learning, employer engagement and the relationship
between academia and industry, and a film that contributes to the
documentation, dissemination and archiving of the design process as it existed in the distinctive workshop method of art and design education in the School of
Fashion & Textiles at the Royal College of Art.

He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Royal College of Art.